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Video-assisted versus telephone-only pediatric emergency calls: a predefined substudy of the cluster randomized CAM-VISION trial [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Assessment of pediatric emergencies by telephone is challenging and may be associated with uncertainty and overtriage. Video streaming has been introduced in emergency medical dispatch, but evidence regarding its impact in pediatric emergency ...
N. H. Bohnstedt-Pedersen +4 more
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Reducing cognitive load in dispatcher-assisted CPR: a simulation-based educational study among non-medical university students [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) is critical for improving outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, yet untrained callers often experience high cognitive load that impedes early recognition and action ...
Nantawan Tippayanate +6 more
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Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher and Crew Diagnosis of Stroke in Clinical Practice

Frontiers in Neurology, 2017
BackgroundAccurate recognition of stroke symptoms by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is necessary for timely care of acute stroke patients. We assessed the accuracy of stroke diagnosis by EMS in clinical practice in a major US city.Methods and ...
Judy Jia +13 more
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From hearing to seeing: medical dispatchers’ experience with use of video streaming in medical emergency calls − a qualitative study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Video streaming has recently been introduced as an additional tool for communication between medical dispatchers and caller. Research implies that video streaming may be a useful tool for the dispatchers, but more knowledge is needed.
Guttorm Brattebø +4 more
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Enhancing Emergency Response through Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medical Services Dispatching; a Letter to Editor

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023
The emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) serves as a crucial link between individuals in need of emergency medical assistance and the emergency medical services (EMS) resource delivery system.
Payam Emami, Karim Javanmardi
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Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Medical dispatchers have limited information to assess the appropriate emergency response when citizens call the emergency number. We explored whether live video from bystanders’ smartphones changed emergency response and was beneficial for ...
Gitte Linderoth +6 more
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Situation awareness in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2004
Situation awareness, and how systems can be designed to support it appropriately, have been a focus of study in dynamic, safety critical contexts such as aviation. The work reported here extends the study of situation awareness into the domain of emergency medical dispatch (EMD).
Ann Blandford, B. L. William Wong
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Mobilisation of emergency services for chemical incidents in Sweden - a multi-agency focus group study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background In chemical incidents, infrequent but potentially disastrous, the World Health Organization calls for inter-organizational coordination of actors involved. Multi-organizational studies of chemical response capacities are scarce.
Anton Westman +4 more
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Medical dispatchers’ perception of the interaction with the caller during emergency calls - a qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Medical dispatching is a highly complex procedure and has an impact upon patient outcome. It includes call-taking and triage, prioritization of resources and the provision of guidance and instructions to callers.
Thea Palsgaard Møller +4 more
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Assessment of a quality improvement programme to improve telephone dispatchers’ accuracy in identifying out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Introduction: Early recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by the medical dispatcher is a prerequisite for an effective chain of survival, leading to rapid dispatch of emergency medical services.
Kristel Hadberg Gram +3 more
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